LNER4479 19,934 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 62774 The Staintondale Nice sounding name and I 'discovered' the station of the same name when me and my bike once negotiated the trackbed of the legendary Scarborough-Whitby coastal railway. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post jazzer 1,315 Posted January 11 Popular Post Share Posted January 11 Good morning my virtual friends. After almost three weeks of being overwhelmed with coronavirus and not knowing the time of day , let alone the day of the , this morning I feel I am moving back into the land of the living .The strange thing is though, through all this befuddled thinking , the one thing that had a a sense of reality to was these completely pointless competitions about favourite or unfavourite locomotive names, plus off course photos of some long withdrawn class clattering through PN almost a life time ago. So thank you , everyone that has made this thread what it is the last couple of weeks and helping to preserve my (in)sanity when I needed it most 23 Link to post Share on other sites
RMweb Gold Market65 6,539 Posted January 11 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 11 The Holderness. It’s the nearest hunt to where I live. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites
RMweb Gold Oldddudders 48,502 Posted January 11 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 11 The Percy, which we foot-followed (by car!) about 40 years ago on NY Day. Link to post Share on other sites
Metropolitan H 1,097 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Has to be 62764 "The Garth" - as a kid, we occasionally saw that Hunt meet, but I don't remember ever seeing one of the locos. Regards Chris H Link to post Share on other sites
Jon4470 951 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 The Morpeth for me as well - it’s a sympathy vote because of the rebuild it was subjected to. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
stewartingram 5,675 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Not as an entrant for voting, more an aside. Always vehemently denied by others as not possible, but I saw 62729 Rutlandshire, and 62744 The Holderness, on the St. Ives loop out of Cambridge, c1959/60. I remember seeing the nameplates, then underling them in my ABC & wondering why they were not the local names of Cambridgeshire or Huntingdonshire! To add to the mystery, in later years I met another Cambridge spotter, who became my best friend (though sadly now deceased). One day these cops came up in conversation; he had seen them at Cambridge as well..... Anyone else able to shed any light? Stewart Link to post Share on other sites
37Oban 563 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 The Brocklesby, local to me. Link to post Share on other sites
drmditch 1,673 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Is it acceptable to follow a Hunt class locomotive if the centre big end heat detector is filled with aniseed rather than oil of violets? Then at least any hounds in the following train can have a drag race! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
2750Papyrus 1,073 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I suspect many are uncomfortable with this naming theme. Personally, I understand that certain animals are pests and have to be controlled, but I would prefer that to be by the most humane means possible. On Saturday I had to remove a dead mouse from a trap and felt full of remorse, though for some time it had at night been scratching in the loft immediately above our bed. Irrespective of any such qualms, the naming of these locomotives is a historical fact and the use of similar names for warships also goes back many years. My choice of favourite name is The Pytchley, 62750, after my Trix Twin 4-4-0 of that name. With pocket money of 6d per week, it took many weeks of saving plus birthday and Christmas money to amass the necessary £5-17-6d. Aged maybe 8 or 9, I knew that BR had added 60,000 to LNER numbers and somehow dreamed it was the loco featured in 2750 Legend of a Locomotive, which I had borrowed from the library. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
RMweb Gold Bazza 110 Posted January 11 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 11 My choice is 62736 The Bramham Moor, just because it was the Hornby loco in the Meccano Magazines that I read and reread as a young boy. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
manna 14,217 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 G'Day Folks Living in North Lundun, I never got to see the 'Exotic' loco's from the North, but I'll go for (I think) The Goathland. manna Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post great northern 127,059 Posted January 11 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 11 More Enterprise tonight. 28 Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony 124 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Has to be The Fitzwilliam, covers the area I grew up in, endless hours spent being carted off to follow. Would have voted for Huntingdonshire if I hadn't missed the boat! Link to post Share on other sites
robmcg 13,863 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 (edited) 'Westmorland', has to be because that's from where my mother's family traces its roots, which include a grandfather reputedly a director of the GNR but more likely a shareholder... my Aunts were prone to exaggeration. I thought it was Westmoreland though... Edited January 12 by robmcg correction Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post great northern 127,059 Posted January 12 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 12 We start the day with a glimpse through the archway. 30 Link to post Share on other sites
great northern 127,059 Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 Not so popular, these Hunts. Brocklesby 2 Morpeth 2, and several 1s. D11s today I think. Some quirky names in there. Link to post Share on other sites
St Enodoc 27,490 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Hard to choose between Bailie MacWheeble and Lucky Mucklebackit. On balance I'll go with the Bailie. Link to post Share on other sites
JamieR4489 1,726 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 The Lady of the Lake 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RMweb Gold Market65 6,539 Posted January 12 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12 Lucky Mucklebackit for myself in this poll. Just like that name. Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
FarrMan 613 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 I'll go for Evan Ddu in this one. Ddu (pronounced 'do') is gaelic for 'black', which sounds very suitable for a steam engine. It reminds me of a house name that I like in the Black Isle. The sign has a black painted thistle on it, and the name - Thistle Ddu! Going back to the spelling of Westmoreland, at least that is only one letter out. As Morayshire, Argyllshire, Rutlandshire, etc are so burdened, why is it not Cumberlandshire, Westmorelandshire, etc. At least it would be a consistent error. Link to post Share on other sites
David Bell 2,562 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Lucky Mucklebackit for me 1 Link to post Share on other sites
2750Papyrus 1,073 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 The Scott names are whimsical, but I have to vote for Somme, in remembrance of all who suffered and died there. May we never see the like again. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites
37Oban 563 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 59 minutes ago, FarrMan said: Going back to the spelling of Westmoreland, at least that is only one letter out. As Morayshire, Argyllshire, Rutlandshire, etc are so burdened, why is it not Cumberlandshire, Westmorelandshire, etc. At least it would be a consistent error. Hi, at it's most basic, shire comes from the Anglo-Saxon for county, so county of Lincoln, county of York etc, the word county being introduced by the Normans, so all counties were also shires, it's just that some never use the term shire. A modern day example is that although Argyll is sometimes called Argyllshire, I've never heard it called that, and in the local newspaper it's just referred to as Argyll. However, in some copies of books I've got originally printed in the late 19th century some of them refer to Argyllshire. Roja Link to post Share on other sites
FarrMan 613 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 27 minutes ago, 37Oban said: Hi, at it's most basic, shire comes from the Anglo-Saxon for county, so county of Lincoln, county of York etc, the word county being introduced by the Normans, so all counties were also shires, it's just that some never use the term shire. A modern day example is that although Argyll is sometimes called Argyllshire, I've never heard it called that, and in the local newspaper it's just referred to as Argyll. However, in some copies of books I've got originally printed in the late 19th century some of them refer to Argyllshire. Roja Agreed. Sometimes the 'shire' versions are used, but it as wrong as calling Edinburgh 'Edinborough', or calling the Scottish Goods the 'Scotch Goods' for that matter, even though in this case the latter is ubiquitous. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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